January Intro Log

[savmods]

Who: New arrivals and old residents
When: January 5 and beyond
Where: Avagi
What: Hello, nice to meet you
Warnings: Label where applicable.

Arrival

A shiver of light, a sense of falling, and Avagi's portals have claimed another traveller. For those first stepping out of the Ingress Memorial, Avagi may be rather disorienting, but some areas are quite lively, and there are plenty of places to explore. As newcomers make their way into their new home, they'll encounter new acquaintances and a few pitfalls. Last month's time distortions have settled... for the most part. The strange flickering light atop the Ingress Memorial's central fragment lingers, though, pulsing and shifting in strange, hypnotic patterns. Left to their own devices, a character may stand in place for over a day, entirely unaware of their surroundings or the passage of time. They can be snapped out of the daze... with effort. And in most cases, touch. Over the last few months, Avagi's sudden population has done a good job breaking in old living spaces. Unfortunately, after a century of disrepair, some of those systems have been quietly breaking down. Today? It's the plumbing. The Bar, Bartering Block, and several of the Labs are rapidly imitating a swamp. The Gym has acquired a new pool, and Sanitation is mostly underwater. Residents of the Chemistry and 🙀 housing sectors may need to start putting up sandbags—or bailing their rooms dry. Whether to lend a hand or loot their neighbors, someone's going to need to (dive) get to the bottom of all this. The water spillage is mostly clean, but if conditions persist, that won't last long. While a few (aquatic) species of the local mini-dinos are enjoying the new swimming space just fine, their more feathery compatriots have rapidly gone from bedraggled to soaked... and heading towards hypothermic. The recent spate of exterminations has them warier than usual of humanoid life, but less hostile (or more oblivious) station-dwellers may find a small flock trying to get dry in front of their space heaters—or any sources of potential warmth.

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[Welcome to Thisavrou! If you haven't already, we encourage you to check out the OOC intro and calendar for January. Oldbies, please also make sure you've glanced through the activity check. A mod update will be going up soon with information on what's coming up, but if there are any questions in the interim, feel free to use the activity check comment.]

Comments

[actuaryonline]

[Ram has not been a heavy sleeper for a long time, and comes out of standby in time to hear Flynn's warning. Instantly he's up, disk out and springing out of bed--

And landing with a very strange sound in something that looks like dead energy and feels strange against his shell. Immediately he jumps out again, back onto the bed and runs a diagnostic. No anomalies. Is it water? It looks a bit less transparent than the stuff he's seen Flynn drink.

He cautiously stretches one leg and kicks it. A bit of it spurts up, but nothing else happens. Docking his disk, he stands up again and splashes over to the door. There's slight resistance when he walks, but enough to warrant alarm.]

Is the situation the water on the floor? Why is it darker, has it got stuff in it?

[gridfather]

[ Ram's question sees Flynn freezing for a half second- the water dripped over his white sleeves has a hint of orange to it, and a scent like metal. ]

Rust, I think. I hope, [ a toneless chuckle, as he adds, ] We need to get everything we can up and out of it regardless.

[actuaryonline]

[Ram tenses as Flynn freezes, ready to hear that the situation has worsened, but Flynn doesn't seem too further concerned.]

Is there anything aside from rust that it could be which is particularly harmful?

[He heads back into his room and picks up the books by his bed that are above the waterline, putting them on his bed. Then he reaches down into the water and picks up the rest.]

Flynn! Something's wrong with the books! I think they're damaged!